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Local Government Fund Increase 1 Local Government Fund Increase …………………………………… 4 Transportation Budget …………………………………… 4 Sales Tax Holiday Expansion …………………………………… 5 State Operating Budget …………………………………… 5 Workforce Dev. Grant Program …………………………………… 7 Develop Credential & Certificate Programs …………………………………… 7 Minimum Wage Increase …………………………………… 8 Business Credit Reports …………………………………… 9 Commercial Roofing Contractor Licensure …………………………………… 9 Auxiliary Containers …………………………………… 10 Occupational Licensure …………………………………… 10 State Agency Reg Reductions …………………………………… 11 Hemp Decriminalization …………………………………… 12 Residential Contractor License …………………………………… 12 Workforce-Education Partnership Program …………………………………… 13 Prohibit Abortion Coverage …………………………………… 14 Child Hearing Aid Mandate …………………………………… 14 Universal Healthcare …………………………………… 15 Health Insurance Claim Data …………………………………… 15 Non-Opioid Therapy Coverage Mandate …………………………………… 16 Maternity Services Mandate …………………………………… 16 Permissive Prevailing Wage …………………………………… 17 State Level FMLA …………………………………… 17 Paycheck Protection Act …………………………………… 18 Wage Discrimination Complaints …………………………………… 18 Whistleblower Laws …………………………………… 19 Occupational Licensure/Collateral Sanctions …………………………………… 20 Ohio Equal Pay Act …………………………………… 20 Ohio Fairness Act …………………………………… 21 Ban the Box …………………………………… 21 FAIR Act …………………………………… 22 Ohio Pregnant Workers Fairness Act …………………………………… 22 Unemployment Benefits Mass Layoff …………………………………… 24 Industrial Commission Budget …………………………………… 24 BWC Budget …………………………………… 25 Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis …………………………………… 25 PTSD First Responders …………………………………… 26 Statute of Limitations Written Contract …………………………………… 27 Non-Economic Tort Cap Increase …………………………………… 27 Expand Tort Cap Exemption …………………………………… 28 Ohio Clean Air Program …………………………………… 29 Reform PUCO & Consumers’ Counsel …………………………………… 29 3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND INCREASE – House Bill 54 – Sponsored by Representatives Jack Cera (D – Bellaire) and John Rogers (D – Mentor- on-the-Lake) To increase the proportion of state tax revenue allocated to the Local Government Fund from 1.66% to 3.53% beginning July 1, 2019. NFIB Position: Interested Party Analysis: The bill would increase the amount allocated to the local government fund based upon the total tax revenue credited to the general revenue fund (GRF) in the preceding month. NFIB will be closely monitoring any reallocation of GRF to ensure the business investor deduction is not whittled down. Status: Introduced February 12, 2019. Pending before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee. House Bill 54 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET – House Bill 62 – Sponsored by Representative Scott Oelslager (R – Canton) To make appropriations for programs related to transportation and public safety for the biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of those programs. NFIB Position: Interested Party Analysis: Gov. DeWine proposed a $.18 per gallon increase in the motor vehicle fuel tax annually indexed to consumer price index. The final version of the bill contained a bifurcated motor vehicle fuel tax of 10.5 cents on gasoline and 19 cents on diesel effective July 1, 2019. The bill also contained annual registration fees of $200 on plug-in electric and $100 on hybrid vehicles. Status: Introduced February 12, 2019. Concurrence votes on April 2, 2019, of 70-27 in the Ohio House and 22-10 in the Ohio Senate. Signed by Governor DeWine on April 3, 2019. 4 House Bill 62 SALES TAX HOLIDAY EXPANSION – House Bill 135 – Sponsored by Representative Niraj Antani (R – Miamisburg) To expand the class of products exempt from sales tax if bought during a sales tax holiday. NFIB Position: Interested Party Analysis: The bill expands the annual three-day sales tax holiday to increase the dollar amount of school supplies and instructional materials exempt from sales tax from $20 to $75. The bill further allows a laptop, netbook or tablet computer up to $2,000 to be exempt. NFIB supported the permanent sales tax holiday in previous years. We remain supportive of the concept and believe these holidays help bolster sales at our retail members. Status: Introduced March 14, 2019. Pending before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee. House Bill 135 STATE OPERATING BUDGET – House Bill 166– Sponsored by Representative Scott Oelslager (R – Canton) Providing funding for the operations of the state for fiscal years 2020- 2021 commencing on July 1, 2019. NFIB Position: Interested Party Analysis: The as-introduced bill contained no major tax policy, breaking from most recent previous budgets. As-introduced did contain a provision that mandates coverage for telemedicine services that are covered through in person visits on the fully-insured health insurance markets. The bill that passed the Ohio House contained a substantial reduction in the business investor deduction, that allows pass-through entities to deduct up to the first $250,000 of business income and pay a flat 3 percent rate on business income above that. The House proposal dropped the amount to $100,000 and eliminated the flat-rate. This is a $528 million tax shift on small businesses to fund an across the board 6.6 percent personal income tax cut. NFIB is working diligently to undo the House passed changes. The House did remove the telemedicine provision from the budget. Conference report reinstated the BID completely except for lawyers and lobbyists. 5 The telemedicine mandate remains but prohibits facility fees. Unemployment compensation language eliminated meaning taxable wage base reverts to $9,000 from $9,500 Jan. 1. 2020. Status: Introduced March 25, 2019. Conference vote on July 17, 2019, 75-17 in the Ohio House and 29-1 in the Ohio Senate. Signed by Governor DeWine on July 17, 2019. House Bill 166 6 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM – House Bill 2 – Sponsored by Representatives Jon Cross (R – Findlay) and Michelle Lepore-Hagan (D – Youngstown) To create the TechCred Program and the Individual Microcredential Assistance Program, to develop a grant program to support industry sector partnerships, and to make an appropriation. NFIB Position: Interested Party Analysis: The bill establishes the programs above. Criteria for eligibility for TechCred include current on taxes, reimbursement only for in-state employees, and registered to do business in the state. Also requires employers to demonstrate a wage increase equal to double the amount of the grant for incumbent employees that receive a microcredential. Makes prospective employees eligible for program as well. Permits individuals to seek reimbursement for microcredentialing as well. Appropriates not less than $2.5 million annually for businesses with fewer than 50 employees. NFIB supports the idea of assisting employers in getting additional training for their employees. The new skills developed and credentialed will benefit employers, their employees and the state. A lot of the funding for the program included in state operating budget. Status: Introduced May 13, 2019. Passed the Ohio House on a vote of 92-3 on June 12, 2019. Pending referral to committee in the Ohio Senate. House Bill 2 DEVELOP CREDENTIAL AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS – House Bill 4 – Sponsored by Representative Tracy Richardson (R – Marysville) To permit the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation to develop industry-recognized credentials and certificate programs. NFIB Position: Support Analysis: The bill permits employers to submit recommendations for new industry-recognized credentials and certificate programs to the 7 Office of Workforce Transformation to be approved by the Chancellor of Higher Education. These entities, in consultation with stakeholders, including the business community, will develop the program. Preference will be given proposed new credentials or certificate programs that are on the list of in-demand jobs maintained by Dept. of Job & Family Services. NFIB supports business input in the process to develop credentials and certificates that make our members’ employees better skilled. This is necessary to ensure that the actual needs of business owners are heard and considered and certificates and programs are not just developed in a vacuum. Portions of this bill included in operating budget. Status: Introduced May 16, 2019. Passed the Ohio House on a vote of 89-0. Pending referral to committee in the Ohio Senate. House Bill 4 MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE – House Bill 34 and Senate Bill 90– Sponsored by Representative Brigid Kelly (D – Cincinnati) and Senators Cecil Thomas (D – Cincinnati) and Hearcel Craig (D – Columbus) To increase the state minimum wage and to allow municipalities, townships, and counties to establish higher minimum wage requirements. NFIB Position: Opposed Analysis: The bill would incrementally increase Ohio’s minimum wage to $$15.00 per hour by January 1, 2023, and index to inflation in subsequent years. The bill also permits local governments to set a higher minimum wage than the state and requires employers that have employees in multiple locations to compensate all their employees at the highest minimum wage based upon locale. NFIB opposes any attempt and setting a minimum wage as the market should dictate wages. Small employers are least able to absorb this government mandate and will have to make tough decisions on benefit packages, schedules and employment. Status: Introduced February 12, 2019, and March 6, 2019. Pending before the Ohio House Commerce and Labor Committee and Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform
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